Neckband and collar finishing press



May 1 935. J. 5. PATTERSON 2,000,093

NECKBAND AND COLLAR FINISHING PRESS Original Filed Nov. 12, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEYS y 1935- J. 5. PATTERSON 2,000,093

NECKBAND AND COLLAR FINISHING PRESS Original Filed Nov. 12, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORN EY$ Patented May 7, 1935 UNITED STATES 2,000,093. 4 NECKBAND AND ooLLAR FINTSHING Pnsss John S. Patterson, Cincinnati, Ohio, assignor to The American Laundry Machinery Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application November 12, 1930, Serial No. 495,12 Renewed March 21, 1934 15 Claims.

My invention relates to a garment press and,

particularly, to a garment press of the type adapted for finishing the neckband of a collarless shirt or the collar of a collar-attached shirt.

Heretofore, the finishing of the collarless and collar-attached shirts has practically required two distinctly separate pressing machines having different shaped bucks and heads in order to produce quality work. That is, it was necessary to have a pressing unit having a buck and head of a given shape to finish the neckband of a collarless shirt and another separate pressing uni-t having a differently shaped buck and head for finishing the combined collar and neclzband of a collar-attached shirt. While it is possible to press either type or" shirt on eith r type of press, such finishing is undesirable in that quality of work is sacrificed owing to the difference in shape and style and the neckbands of collarless and the combined. neckbands and collars of collar-attached shirts.

One object of my invention is to provide a single machine that will accomplish quality work for the two types of garment. This is accomplished by providing a pressing maohinehaving a pressing edge for pressing a portion of one type of garment such, for instance, as a neckband and another pressing edge adapted to produce quality Work on another type of garment such, for instance, as the combined neckband and collar of an attached collar shirt.

Another object of my invention is to provide a pressing machine of such nature that either type of pressing apparatus may be brought into a po' sition convenient to the operator as desired.

A further object of my invention is to provide a means cooperating with a single head and buck on its respective side that take the form of padding slides normally in an extended position when the machine is not in operation for the convenient application of the garment to either one desired.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a mechanism for securely and definitely holding the selected head and buck structure in this desired position.

Various other objects and. advantageous features may be seen in the following description and one embodiment thereof may be seen in the accompanying drawings wherein similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts, and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a pressing machine constructed in accordance with my invention, parts being broken away to show the means rotatably mounted on the upper frame member and the lower stationary frame :member.

Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the neckband buck element in pressing position-prior to operation of the press.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view of the upper end of the'apparatus shown in Fig. 2 with the padded slides shown in extended position which is their normal position when the press is in operation.

Fig. 4 is asectional view taken on the line d-t of Fig. 1 showing the meansfor limiting the lateral movement of the'padded slides. This View also shows one ofthe padded slides in pressingposition.

Fig. 5 is a sectional viewtaken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1 and showing the means for normally maintaining the padded slides in extended position.

Fig. 6 isa sectional view showing the latching means for the upper rotatable frame member.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the pressing elements of the machine. showing a shirt of the neckband type applied. to the padded slide, the position of the padded slide when pushed inwardly for an ironing operation being shown in dot-dash lines.

Fig. 8 is a View similar to Fig. 7 showing a shirt of the collar-attached type applied to the padded slide, here, as in Fig. 7, the padded slides being shown in their normally extended position by full lines and in their ironing position by dot-dash lines.

Referring to the drawings, I have shown one embodiment of my invention as comprising a pressing machine embodying a stationary base I carrying an upper frame member 2. The upper frame member 2 is provided with a bore 3.1?01' the reception of a vertically disposed shaft 4, the upper frame member 2 being adapted to rotate around the shaft t as a center. Bearing members 5 are provided in the upper frame member as shown and are preferably of the ball type, mounted in the lower surface of the base 6 of the upper frame memberZ, and arranged to provide moving bearing surfaces between the upper frame 2 and the lower frame .I.

The pressing machine embodies an upper pressing element or chest 1 and a lower pressing element or-buck 8 mounted on a yoke member 8' that straddles a'hollow cross beam 1 of the upper frame member 2 to permit'vertical reciprocation of the buck but prevent itfrom rotating relative to the frame 2. This yoke member 8 is secured to'a flanged collar 9 that fits over the shaft land rests on a collar Ill rigidly secured to the shaft. Thus when the frame! is rotated,

the head carried thereby and the buck 8 rotate therewith whereby opposite edges of the head and buck may be selectively presented to the same side of the machine. The means for operating the pressing elements, that is, raising the buck 8 into engagement with the chest I, is of the general type as shown comprising a cylinder 9 in which a piston is disposed and adapted to be operated by fluid pressure. Also, the means for controlling the admittance and exhaust of fluid'pressure to the cylinder to actuate the piston is controlled in the usual manner as, for instance, by inlet and exhaust valves ID, the exhaust valve of which is open and the inlet valve closed when the operating lever consisting of a pedal II is in the position shown in Fig. 2 and are reversed as to position to admit fluid pressure to. the cylinderB by depressing the pedal II. in raised or depressed position but in moving from raised to depressed position raises an auxiliary pedal I2 through contact of a pin" I I' on the pedal II with the inner end I2 of the pedal I2. Then, when it is desired to raise the pedal II and actuatethe valves ID to open the exhaust valve and close the inlet valve as is well known in the art, the pedal I2 is depressed which will raise the pedal I I and actuate the valves in that particular manner. 7

As hereinbefore stated, the upper framemember 2 is rotatable on the lower frame member I and a latching means must, therefore, be provided to secure the upper frame member2 in a position convenient for application of a garment to the buck 8 by the operator. This latching means consists of latching brackets I3 and I4 (see Fig. 1) mounted diametrically opposite each other on the base I5 of the upper rotatable frame member 2. A single bracket I5 is mounted on the base I so that its upper surface will be slightly below the lower surfaces of the brackets I3 and I4 when such brackets pass thereover. The bracket I5 is bored and tapped from its under surface upwardly a distance slightly less than the thickness of the bracket and a cylinder I6 (see Fig. 6) that is threaded at each end is secured in the tapped hole in the bracket I5.

A threaded cap I! is secured to the lower end of the cylinder I6 and a rod I8 of larger diameter at its upper end and tapered at its extreme uppermost end passes through the cap I! and cylinder I6 and upwardly through an opening in the bracket I5 registering with the tapped out portion therein to form a latch bolt for cooperating with openings in the brackets I3 and I4. The large end of rod I8 or bolt I9 is held upwardly in such position as to engage the openings in the brackets I3 and I4 by means of a spring 20 within the cylinder I6 which has one of its ends bearing against the cap I1 and its opposite end bearing against a collar 2I which, in turn, bears against a shoulder on the rod I8. This spring is always under compression and'thereby exerts an upward pressure on the collar 2I and rod I8 and the bolt I9 is so arranged in the cylinder that a gap 22 is provided as a takeup for wearing of the bolt and its corresponding recesses in the brackets 3 and I4. Thus, the secure engagement of the tapered surfaces of thebolts in the openings of the brackets will always be maintained.

As will be assumed from the preceding description, both of the brackets I3 and I4 are provided with tapered recesses that are identical so'that as shown in Fig. 1, the upper rotatable frame 2 may be latched in one press operating position and may then, upon release of the latch- Such pedal II remains ing mechanism, be turned 180 and be latched in the other press operating position. Referring to Fig. 2, it will be seen that the edges 23 and 24 of the brackets l3 and I4 are tapered so that engagement of these surfaces with the latch bolt I9 will automatically depress the latch bolt on the operation of rotating the upper frame so that manual operation of the latch mechanism to lock the frame in any one position is unnecessary.

The releasing means for the latching mechanism just described consists of a pedal 25 adjacent the pedals II and I2 for the valve operating mechanism and one end of this pedal is connected to the rod I8 by means of a link 26, there being a lost motion connection between the link 23 and rod I8 by means of a slot and pin arrangement at the point of connection between the link 26 and rod I8 so that unnecessary downward movement of the pedal 25 will be eliminated when the latch bolt I9 and rod I8 are depressed by engagement of the upper end thereof with the tapered surfaces of the brackets I3 and I4.

As shown in Fig. 1, a swivel steam connection 27 is provided for the admittance of steam to heat the ironing chest I and in order to drain the chest, connection is made at the bottom of the chest byway of a pipe 28 with the upper end of the rod 4 which is provided with a longitudinal aperttue 28 extending to a point indicated at 30. A stufiing gland 3I is provided to prevent leakage at the point wherein the pipe 28 enters the rod 4 and a suitable drain connection is made at the point 36 to carry the condensation away. Thus, a means is provided for supplying steam to and draining condensation from the ironing chest 7 on the rotatable frame 2 whereby the chest may be heated.

The buck casting 32 supports and carries oppositely disposed padded slides 33 and 34 having different ironing edges of shapes to conform with a neckband of the collarless type of shirt and with the combined neckband and collar of a collar-attached shirt respectively. That is, the buck carries two distinctly different types of ironing edges. Likewise, the chest I carries different ironing edges corresponding with the padded slides 33 and 34. In Fig. '7, a neckband 35 is shown applied to the padded slide 33 which is the padded slide adapted for use in ironing the neckbands of collarless shirts, and the padded slide is such that when it is pushed inwardly with a neckband thereon, or to the position shown in dot and dash lines, and the chest and slide brought into pressing relation, the ironing edge of the chest I will coincide with the edge 36 of the neckband whereby the front of the shirt and the yoke of the shirt will remain untouched while the neckband will be properly ironed.

Likewise, as shown in Fig. 8, a collar-attached shirt is disposed on the padded slide 34, the rotatable frame 2 having been released by depression of the pedal 25 and disengagement of the latching mechanism hereinbefore described, and rotated so that the collar-attached padded slide is adjacent the operator. In this instance, it will be noted that the ironing edge of the chest I coincides with the edge 31' of the collar so that when the padded slide is pushed inwardly to a position beneath the chest and the chest and slide brought into ironing engagement, the collar alone will be properly ironed while any portion of the shirt front and yoke remains untouched. This feature of ironing the neckband of a collarless shirt or the collar of a collar-attached shirt only is particularly desirable in that it eliminates the necessity of re-dampening of the shirt front or yoke that has been ironed so that the neckband or collar, when the shirt is placed upon subsequent pressing apparatus such, for instance, as a bosom press, the neckband or collar will properly engage the neckband orcollarblock.

It is desirable to havethe padded slides in extended position as shown in Fig. 3 when the machine is not in operation so that the operator may applythe neckband or collar directly without first having-to pull the respective padded slides outwardly away from the chest. This is accomplished, asshown in Fig. 5 by securing hollow tubes 31and 38 to the padded slides. These tubes are arranged oppositely and in telescopic relation and pass through apertures in the buckcasting 32. A coil spring 39 lies within the tubes 31 and 38 and normally maintains them in separated relation.

, In operation, the operator places a garment upon one of the padded slides and pushes it inwardly over the buck and beneath the chest I which action is resisted bythe spring 39 which is compressed against the padded slide on the opposite side of the machine. A limiting means is provided for preventing complete disengagement of the padded slide from the buck when pressure is released therefrom. In accomplishing this, the padded slides are supported on rods 40 and H as. shown inFig. 4,:and in this figure the slide 34 is shown in its extended position at which time a bumper washer 42 on the rod 40 engages the .wall 43 of the buck. The opposite padded. slide 33 is shown in its operating position to which it has been moved by exerting pressure on a ball 44, whereby the, frame of the padded slide engages the wall 43, of the buck. When pressure on the slide 33 is released, the padded slide 33 is moved outwardly by the compression spring 39 until a bumper washer 45 on the rod 4| engages the wall 46 of the buck. A ball, similar to the ball 44 is provided for moving the padded slide 34 inwardly until the frame of the slide engages the wall 46 of the buck.

Referring to the drawings and the preceding description, it will be seen that I have provided a pressing machine embodying numerous novel and advantageous features. For instance, I have provided a machine having a rotating or reversible buck and chest with pressing elements on respective sides thereof adapted for use in pressing either the neckband of the collarless shirt or the combined neckband and collar of thecollar-attached shirt. This is distinctly advantageous in that it eliminates the necessity of the provision of two distinct and separate pressing machines while still permitting a high quality of work to be done. It is also advantageous in that either type of garment may be properly finished without necessitating the operator leaving a single machine. To do this, I have provided a reversible machine having flexibility which permits finishing two types of garments with a single machine.

What I claim is:

l. A pressing machine comprising a pressing head and a cooperating pressing bed, said head and bed having two pairs of correspondingly shaped cooperating pressing edges, the edges of one pair being diiferently shaped from the edges of the other pair, a rotatable support for said head and bed whereby they may be rotated to present either pair of their cooperating pressing edges toward a desired side of the machine,

means for producing pressing engagement .be-

tween said head and bed.

3. A pressing machine comprising a support, a rotatable frame mounted thereon, a pressing head and a cooperating pressing bed carried bysaid rotatable frame, whereby difierent cooperating pressing edges of said head and bed may be selectively presented toward a desired side of said machine, said pressing-bed having two opposite pressing edges differentlyshaped for use in pressing diiferent types of work and said head having its cooperating pressing edges of corresponding shape, and means for producing pressing engagei ment between said head andbed.

4. A pressing machine comprising a support, a rotatable frame mounted thereon, a pressing head and a cooperating pressing bed carried .by said rotatable frame, wherebydifferentcooperating pressing edges of said head and bed may be selectively presented toward a desired side of said machine, said pressing bed having two 1013- posite. pressing edges difierently shaped for use in pressing diiierent types of work and said head having .its cooperating pressing edges of corresponding shape, means for latching said rotat able frame in a selected position, and means for producing pressing engagement between said head and bed.

5. A pressing machine comprising a pressing head, a pair of work-receiving pressing bedmembers for selective cooperation therewith, a support on which said bed members are slidably mounted for selective movement into and out of registration with said head, said bed members being difierently shaped to enable different types of work to be pressed therewith, means for effecting rotary movement of said pressing head and said support, and means for effecting pressing engagement between said pressing head and a bed in registration therewith.

6. A pressing machine comprising a pressing head, a pair of work-receiving pressing bed members for selective cooperation therewith, a support on which said bed members are slidably mounted for selective movement into and out of registration with said head, said bed members having differently shaped pressing edges and said head having cooperating correspondingly shaped pressing edges, whereby difi'erent types of work may be pressed therewith, means for effecting rotary movement of said pressing head and said support to enable the desired pair of cooperating pressing edges to be located in the desired position relative to the machine operator, and means for effecting pressing engagement between said pressing head and a bed member in registration therewith.

7. A pressing machine comprising a pressing head, a pair of work-receiving pressing bed members for selective cooperation therewith, a support on which said bed members are slidably maintaining both of said bed members out of alignment with said head, said bed members being differently shaped to accommodate different types of work, and means for effecting pressing engagement between said pressing head and a pressing bed in registration therewith.

8. A pressing machine comprising cooperating relatively movable pressing members, a rotatable support therefor, whereby either side of said members may be presented to the front, said members being mounted coaxially with the axis of rotation of 'said support.

9. A pressing machine comprising cooperating relatively movable pressing members, a rotatable support therefor, whereby either side of said members may be presented to the front, said members being mounted coaxially with the axis of rotation of said support, one of said members having its pressing edges differently shaped on opposite sides thereof.

10. A pressing machine comprising cooperating relatively movable pressing members, a rotatable support therefor, whereby either sideof said members may be presented to the front, said members being mounted coaxially with the axis of rotation of said support, said members having their cooperating pressing edges on each side shaped correspondingly but differently from the cooperating pressing edges thereof on the opposite side.

11. A pressing machine comprising cooperating relatively movable pressing members, a rotatable support therefor, whereby either side of said members may be presented to the front, said members being mounted coaxially with the axis of rotation of said. support, and means for latching said support in a selected position.

12. A pressing machine comprising a pressing head, a pair of work-receiving pressing bed members for selective cooperation therewith, a support on which said bed members are slidably mounted for selective movement into and out of registration with said head, spring means for normally maintaining both of said bed members out of alignment with said head, said bed members having their outer pressing edges differently shaped to'acconnnodate different types of work, and means for effecting pressing engagement between said pressing head and a pressing bed in alignment therewith.

13. A'pressing machine comprising a-pressing head, a pair of work-receiving pressing bed members for selective cooperation therewith, a rotatable support on which said bed members are slidably mounted for selective movement into and out of registration with said head, -means for normally maintaining both of said bed members out of alignment with said head, said bed members being differently shaped to accommodate different types of work, the rotatable character of said support enabling either bed member, when out of alignment with said head, to be located in the desired position relative to the machine operator, and means for effecting pressing engagement between said pressing head and a pressing bed in registration therewith.

14. A pressing machine comprising a pair of cooperating relatively movable pressing members, one of said members having two differently shaped pressing edges to enable two different types of work to be pressed therewith, and a rtatable support for said last mentioned pressing member to enable either of its pressing edges to be positioned toward a predetermined side of the machine. 7

1 15. A pressingmachine comprising upper and lower cooperating pressing members relatively movable into and out of pressing engagement, said lower pressing member having two opposite pressingedges differently shaped to enable two different types of work to be pressed therewith, and a rotatable support for said lower pressing member to enable either of its pressing edges to be presented toward a predetermined side of the machine.

JOHN S. PATTERSON. 

